The Gamers Thread: PS3, PC, Wii, 360... pick your poison!!

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jpnuar1 · #1451 Post by **jpnuar1** » Tue May 29, 2007 5:41 am

Wow... So far I've only gotten as far as beating the first gym. But then, I finally found a store that had Puzzle Quest in stock a couple weeks ago, and it's been occupying my DS ever since...

Angelus3K · #1452 Post by **Angelus3K** » Tue May 29, 2007 6:07 am

I'm just at the first gym never mind beating it yet.

So at least we're the same far through lol

So is Puzzle Quest really THAT good?

Pidgeot · #1453 Post by **Pidgeot** » Tue May 29, 2007 2:42 pm

Remind me to get a Slowpoke for each one of you.

For the record, groups only work locally. I believe it's got something to do with the game being able to synchronize certain events between people, so you don't gain anything when you're on your own.

As for Puzzle Quest, I've heard it's very addictive, though you'd have to like games in the same vein (Bejeweled, etc.)

jpnuar1 · #1454 Post by **jpnuar1** » Tue May 29, 2007 6:50 pm

It is pretty good, at least in my opinion. Whether or not you'd like it too would depend on how much you like puzzle games like it (I hear it's very similar to Bejeweled). I'll switch back out to Pokemon again before too long, but for now, I'm still busy on the Puzzle Quest storyline. Or I would be, but I just today got Starcraft 1 and the expansion, so those might keep me busy for a while...

Angelus3K · #1455 Post by **Angelus3K** » Tue May 29, 2007 7:39 pm

I keep hearing about Starcraft but never played it, I might have to give it a try.

jpnuar1 · #1456 Post by **jpnuar1** » Wed May 30, 2007 4:47 am

If you like RTSs at all, Starcraft is absolutely required. It's easily among the best (if not the best) out there, with incredibly balanced races, especially for how unique each is... It isn't without reason that there was so much hype surrounding the announcement of a sequel about a week ago.

Music Head · #1457 Post by **Music Head** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:05 am

Starcraft was the best RTS game i've ever played, the only think wrong with it was the huge amount of time u'd spend building up your base in multiplayer games, there was never really any ability to rush attack, but that was changed with Warcraft 3. I can't wait for Starcraft 2 the trailers on the site look amazing, anyone who hasn't seen them yet should check them out http://www.starcraft2.com.

Quest For Glory Fan · #1458 Post by **Quest For Glory Fan** » Wed May 30, 2007 4:32 pm

I was pretty unimpressed with the graphics in the trailer. I still think Warcraft II was the best RTS

Angelus3K · #1459 Post by **Angelus3K** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:26 am

Red Alert for me!

Quest For Glory Fan · #1460 Post by **Quest For Glory Fan** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:52 pm

I recently rented Spiderman3 and Pirates for 360 and wii respectively... Spiderman3 is the worst game I've ever played. It's like what San Andreas would be like if you still had the chance of dying from walking off sidewalks that waqs present in vice city. The game is a complete rehash of Spiderman 2 but with ten trillion bugs! not limited to falling through the ground for eternity and going through walls and occaisionally gravity works upside down forcing you to wall crawl the sidewalk. Apparently these bugs are not just limited to the 360 release but if the game wasn't so sure these would make it impossible to play from start to finsih witout breaking a few things. Three times I have had to reset my console near the end of a long mission.

Pirates 3 however is hilarious and fun. It's also scaling difficulty for those who play "hardcore" and children or less serious players.

Spiderman gets a vote of -3 and would be the worst game I've ever played if it weren't for the time I played chicken with a train.

Pirates gets a rating of 7, rent before you make a decision because although it can be completed by anyone it wouldn't neccesarily be enjoyed by all.

Broomie · #1461 Post by **Broomie** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:30 pm

I picked up Mario Strikers Charged yesterday and it is bloody great. Going online with the Wii kicks ass.

If you've got it, I'll give you a game some time. My Game Code is:
403829184105

jpnuar1 · #1462 Post by **jpnuar1** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:49 pm

You mean it's not just Pokemon that requires the individual game codes? Darn...

In any case, for those of you with Pokemon, what IMs do you use? I have AIM jpnuar10 or ICQ 453-686-226. If either of you get a chance, I'd like to try to trade my Kadabra.

Pidgeot · #1463 Post by **Pidgeot** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:44 pm

I only use MSN (PM or e-mail me if you want it - I don't want to make it public here), but if you don't want to use that, I've no problem with arranging a specific time for the trading via mail or PMs.

As far as I can tell, you're 6 hours behind me (UTC-4 -> UTC+2, assuming you observe DST as well), so it should be possible to arrange something in the afternoon (your time).

Broomie · #1464 Post by **Broomie** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:30 pm

God of War 2 is hands down one of the greatest and most epic games I have ever played. It makes me want to buy a PS3 for myself just for the sequel. Although I have a long time to wait, I'm off to buy the first game right now.

greensenshi · #1465 Post by **greensenshi** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:54 pm

God of War 2 is simply AWESOME! I know I'm going to be kept busy for a long time just beating it on the hardest difficulty(I beat the first game on the hardest difficulty and I didn't destroy a controller, yay!).

Broomie · #1466 Post by **Broomie** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:24 pm

Yeah, even on Easy it was challenging but I feel it could have been more challenging. I've just completed Resident Evil 4 on the Wii in hard mode and that was insane. I might replay it in God mode on my brother's PS3 whilst he's on holiday.

greensenshi · #1467 Post by **greensenshi** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:22 pm

I had a difficult enough time with RE4 on the Gamecube. Shooters always give me huge problems because I can't aim, I'm visually impaired.

Angelus3K · #1468 Post by **Angelus3K** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:21 am

Greensenshi, I dont know if the Wii version of RE4 would be any better as you use the Wii remote to aim on screen rather than fiddling with analoug sticks, might be worth a try.

Yea GOW2 is amazing, most likely one of the best PS2 games ever.

Cant believe you havnt played the first one Brooms, its a classic!!

If you guys like God of War you'll love Heavenly Sword for PS3, it has a very similar combat system, another game which looks amazing is a next gen adventure game called Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, check it out!

greensenshi · #1469 Post by **greensenshi** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 3:02 pm

I couldn't see how aiming with a remote would be any more difficult for me then using analog sticks. I'd almost certainly love to try the Wii version except lack of job right now means I won't be buying much of anything gaming wise. That also includes a PS3, but once I do get one(and I very most am certain to) I'll check that game out.

Quest For Glory Fan · #1470 Post by **Quest For Glory Fan** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:11 am

Metal Gear Solid 4 Game play revealed.

Angelus3K · #1471 Post by **Angelus3K** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:33 am

So what are you going to do now GFGF? Kojima-san announced at E3 that MGS4 is PS3 exclusive.

Quest For Glory Fan · #1472 Post by **Quest For Glory Fan** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:25 pm

GFGF

I think you get the award for first person to misspell my name in four years.

I guess I'll wait for the port 6 months later like they always do.

Quest For Glory Fan · #1473 Post by **Quest For Glory Fan** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:33 pm

check this out, I love living on the border. I was thinking about buying a PSP today and so I was trying to find the best place to buy in Canada.

Futureshop in town
Wal-Mart across the border

So Future Shop 199.99 CDN
and Walmart 169.82 USD

I converted with the daily exchange rate today (.930399) and ended up with

FS=199.99 CDN
WM= 181.71 CDN

Now mind you this isn't a huge difference but still, a difference none the less. Almost a month or so exchange was 1.0052 I wish I bought one then. I think for now I'll sit on my hands and hope for a higher bracket ebcause 93 is a bit low lately but I thought I would share my marketplace experience.

Edit, if you want to know how close to the border I am I just posted it on the map located on the top right of this page.

jpnuar1 · #1474 Post by **jpnuar1** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:49 am

I just felt someone should mention the announcement of 4th edition D&D starting next May.... There. That's better.
Maybe I'll post more on the topic later, but its 2 in the morning here, so I'm heading off to sleep for now...

Angelus3K · #1475 Post by **Angelus3K** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:24 pm

Finally!! Nintendo have announced that NintendoClub members can swap their Star Points for Wii Shop points!!! woot!!

Surprised nobody has mentioned Mario Galaxy, amazing game! As is Uncharted on PS3 which I'm playing right now!